Investigate improved developer experience to make builds faster

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User Story

Background (Optional)

Initial startup and update build times are extremely slow with the current setup. Investigate how to improve rebuild times.

Questions:

• [ ] Will restructuring the app's frontend and api build configuration improve performance?
• [ ] Could more modern build tools improve performance and experience?
• [ ] Will the api and frontend app have to be totally decoupled into separate applications?

Acceptance Criteria

• [ ] Research and identify path forward for faster front end build process

After evaluating, edit this part:

Level of effort - Low

Implementation outline (if higher than "low" effort):

• [ ] <TODO>